Migrant Irregularity in Britain and Spain, London and Barcelona

Abstract

This chapter provides the necessary context for my comparative analysis. It first discusses the distinctive roles that the most common (state) responses to migrant irregularity – deportation, regularisation and internal control – are playing in the UK and Spain. Then it looks at more localised responses to migrant irregularity and its control that can be identified at the level of cities (and specifically in London and Barcelona) and in relation to the British and Spanish welfare systems.